It's a good job I'm not a moderator, as I'd have this thread closed and deleted
None the less I am not (you! at the back of the class, stop cheering!) and the diversion is equally welcome
On my recent, garden railways, trawls I found this, which in and odd quirky way I find appealing.
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/36187-north-hampshire-minerals-railway/
Though I do find an elevated 'structured' railway just as appealing.
I did note the footbridge in the clip, but for me the focus was on the 'Britannia' and to be fair they could of populated the line side with Barbie houses and I wouldn't have noticed
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I did note the comment 'test track' above and thought it rather odd, but in hindsight garden railways do tend to fall into two categories, ones which are attempts to replicate scale railways in detail and ones which are.....in the bluntest concept...glorified test tracks.
Steve cook has many post's on garden railways and all....excuse a broad brush...are glorified test tracks, and for want of a better phrase, better for it.
I have a friend who models live steam G1, his focus is on live steam running, his locos are basically detailed but he cares not one jot, his focus is the garden and live steam and I think an awful lot of them are like minded. I've been to a couple of meets and it doesn't take long before you tune out the over scale rail and incorrect sleeper spacing
On the other hand, I admire those garden railways where effort is made to detail and blend the model with the surrounding environment.